CSA Past Presidents - Carlos Urriola

Grantley Stephenson

2012-15 Jamaica

Grantley holds a MBA from the University of the West Indies and is a graduate of Jamaica’s University of Technology and the UK’s University of Plymouth – an institution renowned for its maritime courses.

He was President of the Shipping Association of Jamaica 1998-2002. Grantley joined Kingston Wharves (KW) in 2003 as was responsible for the stevedore’s subsequent modernization and growth strategy. Universally admired and highly regarded, he had previously headed a number of shippingrelated enterprises, including Seaboard Freight & Shipping Jamaica, Shipping Jamaica and Jamaica Merchant Marine.

He is twice a former Dean of the Consular Corps of Jamaica and the Honorary Consul General of the Kingdom of Norway. He has been awarded the Jamaican National Award of the Order of Distinction and the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit. He is also a Fellow of the Jamaican Institute of Management.

Grantley stepped down from his executive role at KW in early 2020, but remains deputy chairman.